A List Of Hardwoods

Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species.

A list of hardwoods.

It is a soft hardwood tree meaning its wood is less dense than others on this list and is often used in construction frames. Do note a wood s heartwood is harder than its sapwood. Also wood names can be misleading. But if you ve simply got to have the hardest lumber around then this list is for you.

If you can try to buy wood from a sustainable forest commercial tree farms that ensure the supply of the wood. Check out the national hardwood lumber association for ways to support sustainable forestry. You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer. Ash is a white to pale brown wood with a straight grain.

We deliver various types of hardwood. With white dense wood the white ash is the most common daily wood of the hardwood trees. White ash though similar in appearance to the green ash this tree s leaves are noticeably lighter on the underside. In the process of identifying wood things can get a bit overwhelming when faced with the hundreds and hundreds of possible species yet in the context of everyday woods that most people in the united states or canada are likely to encounter the list of possible woods is usually much shorter.

This obviously excludes dents in all practicality a great number of hardwoods are hard enough for nearly all residential applications. The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate giving the wood its greater density. This is a list of woods most commonly used in the timber and lumber trade. Following is a list of common hardwoods and their characteristics.

Common hardwoods and softwoods for furniture. Here is a list of common hardwoods and softwoods used in the crafting of furniture. All our tropical exotic types of hardwood have the fsc mark for durable management of the world s forests. Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.

Hoop pine araucaria cunninghamii monkey puzzle tree araucaria araucana paraná pine araucaria angustifolia cedar cedrus celery top pine phyllocladus aspleniifolius.